Except when conducting an initial interview with a client. Then, you're likely to get into a lot of trouble if you assume you know the answers to the questions you ask, and you still have to craft them carefully.

revolution724 wrote:Except when conducting an initial interview with a client. Then, you're likely to get into a lot of trouble if you assume you know the answers to the questions you ask, and you still have to craft them carefully.

True. I just meant that in general, clients go to lawyers for help in solving problems, so lawyers need to answer questions after learning the facts and researching the law. While asking questions is important in ascertaining facts, I wouldn't say that my original answer is inaccurate. If you don't ultimately answer the client's question, you're not going to get hired again.